Posts Tagged: Argentine ants

Ants: 'The Little Things That Run the World'

The recent death of "Ant Man" E. O. Wilson brings back memories of a family-friendly seminar on ants that UC Davis Professor Phil...

An Argentine ant climbs up a spoon laden with honey. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

An Argentine ant climbs up a spoon laden with honey. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

An Argentine ant quickly crawls away from a spoonful of honey. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

An Argentine ant quickly crawls away from a spoonful of honey. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Once Upon a Time...

Once upon a time, there was a redhumped caterpillar gorging on the leaves of a redbud tree. For three days, the hungry caterpillar gobbled the...

Redhumped Caterpillar

REDHUMPED CATERPILLAR gorges on the leaves of a redbud tree. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

No More

THIS redhumped caterpillar never made it to a redhumped caterpillar moth. A spider and an army of Argentine ants made sure of that. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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